Yatsufusa's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Koishi Project Trailer]

(Normally, this isn't the kind of review I would leave. I would talk about the way the story is conveyed, talk about the message, get a little artsy at times, give helpful pointers when I'm able to...)

I loved how the movie drew me in immediately. Everything's great: The pacing, the animation, the characters' expressions... I mean: It's an _eye_! One character is essentially _an_eye_ and with just a few lines you made it emote so clearly and strongly.
I'm a pretty silent person, but at some point I exclaimed: "Oh, this is nice. This is _actually_ nice!"

And all that from just 'a trailer'. I'm looking forward to the release of 'Koishi Project', no matter if it's this year, the next, or 2050... If I wasn't already following you I would be 'now'. :)

I already suspect that the greatest tragedy of its release will be that we cannot rate it higher than 5 stars.

Edit: @Xenomorphian: Just wanted to confirm: You are absolutely correct. I just know "Touhou" as "a thing that has fanart done from time to time", so I have little to no chance recognizing any of it when I see it. Since it doesn't change my initial reaction as an uninformed person, I'll leave the rest of my review as is, though. ;)

[Yolk Town : Demo]

I feel like there is a 'message' here somewhere... :)

You did a good job with the yolk, directing the viewers' focus where you want it. Actually: You did a good job with the movements of 'all' the individual parts. The camera panning was very smooth and well paced - not too fast, not too quick. I felt as if the amount of egg white was a bit gratuitous, but that was probably intended and on pars with similar scenes that use the red juice instead of the white one.

If I may get 'artsy' for a moment: The kitchen background used was eye-pleasing in its own right (nice kettle!). The transition from the more complex 'toaster backdrop' to the bleaker and empty 'single-use napkin holder backdrop' goes very well with what is about to happen...

And yeah: _Really_ liked the message. But that being said, the animation is what it is: A short demonstration of your capabilities as an animator - without a story arc or depth to the character(s).

I'm looking forward to your future submissions. Which is to say: Welcome to Newgrounds! You've gotten yourself your first fan here. :)

NineFoldCreations responds:

You’ve just made my night, thank you so much for your kind words🥺.

[Oswald the Lucky Rabbit in: All's Well That Ends Well!]

I am SHOCKED and IN AWE about how good this animation is and how well you have captured the 'wacky' style of that era: The animation, story, scene direction... 'even the title' feels like it was from that time. Even as somebody who knows pretty much nothing about 'Oswald the Lucky Rabbit' watching this today feels surreal - in a good way. Thank you for sharing this 'time machine moment' with us! :)

It feels pedantic to mention, but it is the only suggestion for improvement I can offer: Sound effects and (piano?) music would have made this submission perfect. (Maybe you can find somebody here on Newgrounds who would collaborate with you in that regard...)

[Ed's Awesome Animate Tutorial]

I'm not even an animator. When I pressed 'play' I merely wanted to check if this was good enough to recommend to animators. I thought I'd just watch the intro and skip passages that get boring or too technical... Now I've watched the whole thing start to finish and even had a good time.

This video has moved the bar for how I rate tutorials. You are now personally responsible for all those low ratings I'm going to hand out going forward. ;)

As an aside: 18:34-19:00 should automatically play when a user makes their very first upload.

[Social Media Generation]

I like both you message and your stile. That you gave proper credit to the original source is also something that became a rare feat amongst authors. After visiting Zenpencils and looking at the original I must say you did a good job animating the scene stills. You have a good feeling for pace and your dubbing came out very nicely.

Surprisingly, what I like the most about this is that many reviewers actually reflect on you message. A good portion of them don't even seem to have Twitter or Facebook accounts - like myself. Over time, I've developed an expectation that, while user's overall reception of critical work such as yours is very positive, most don't 'think' about it. And I'm so very glad I'm not proven right this time.

[Apples - Short Animation]

Very nice animation. I see not only a moral on greed but also a moral on violence in it.

Your movie reminds me strongly of eyezmaze.com. Is there any connection?

Normero responds:

I love eyezmaze and can't deny that I didn't get inspired by it, but no connection :)

[smokin]

At first I didn't trust my eyes...

What a great informative flash. Why don't you just make another one about heroin or wait... even better: crack cocaine? You could even use the very same lines and almost the same animation to prove people how great it is...
Don't tell them about all the dark sides like cost, withdrawal symptoms and health issues (to name only a few) - Just tell them about how great it is to share your misery with complete strangers!

[Dance of the Manwhore]

Dance is the hidden language of the soul...

Although it's not my personal kind of humor, the ideas are new and original and the song itself is pretty neat. Overall it's a nice piece of work.

I like subtitles, but sadly they are sometimes unreadable. If you could add black borders to your white font it would solve the problem.

Sexual-Lobster responds:

i couldnt work out how to do that in flash, but luckily you can hear the words so you should be fine.

[Just Can't Let Go]

It's a great work, as far as single scenes go.

I simply love the concept as well as the art. The whole scene appears really 'alive', although you could also animate the rest of her shoulders to let her move more anatomical correct - nice job with her hand btw.
On top of that you have written a beautifully gloomy story. Maybe try to merge it into the animation next time, for I'm afraid many Newgrounders skip the comments right away and miss out on your story.

TaintedNeedle responds:

Thanks for the advice, I really appreciate it. I agree, this probably would be better as a story, but I wanted to get it finished in time for Halloween :) Otherwise, I would have.